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have minute granulations on the surface. A batch of the eggs, laid on 

 the 14th of June in the present year, hatched on the 27 th of the same 

 month. The larvie fed on Vaccinium, Cassandra, etc. 



Newly-hatched larva. 



A " looper," one-tenth of an inch long, suspended itself by a line. 

 It was black with white patches on each segment, and presented a 

 strangely checkered appearance. The head was large and black ; the 

 mouth-organs white. The feet also were white. The claspers were wide 

 apart— beside them it had but one pair of prolegs. There were a few 

 bristles at the anal extremity, and along the sides of the larva. It 

 moulted July 3rd. 



Larva after first moult. 



One-fourth of an inch long ; brownish-green in colour ; had five con- 

 spicuous brown warts on each side of the body. The head was light 

 brown, and the legs brownish-green. 



[Note. — The habit the larva has of eating its exuvice makes it exceed- 

 ingly difficult to follow its changes. The insect I am telling of, iiowever, 

 certainly moulted on July i6th.] 



Larva after moult of fuly i6ih. 



Length three-fifths of an inch. Colour brownish-ash above, with fine 

 paler lines. The fourth and terminal segments were somewhat lighter in 

 colour. Underneath the larva was of an Indian yellow shade. The face 

 was flat, outlined with brown, and had two white spots near the upper 

 edge. The spiracles were dark brown and appeared in a line of folds or 

 broken ridges. The larva moulted July 24th. After moulting it ate its 

 old skin all but the mask. 



Full-grown larva. 



Length four-fifths of an inch. Colour brownish-ochreous. It had a 

 dorsal line faintly outlined with brown, and on either side of this a row of 

 dark brown spots. It had also a row of similar spots just above the 

 spiracular line. This line was pale ochreous and warty. Below it was a 

 row of oblong, dark brown patches. The spiracles were dark brown. 



The larva ceased to feed in August, and towards the middle of that 

 month gathered a few leaves together and spun a light cocoon somewhat 

 after the manner of Caterva catenaria. 



